https://smallserverlab.com/tags/ubuntu/Recent content in Ubuntu on Small Server LabHugoen-USTue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://smallserverlab.com/2015-macbook-pro-homelab-admin-box/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://smallserverlab.com/2015-macbook-pro-homelab-admin-box/<p>My busiest homelab machine is a laptop from 2015. A mid-2015 15&quot; MacBook Pro sits on the desk with its lid open, running Ubuntu around the clock. It&rsquo;s where an AI assistant, Claude Code, does the day-to-day admin work on the rest of the lab.</p> <p>I bought it new in 2015 for data science training and work. Later it went to my stepdaughter, who used it for years until she finally upgraded this year. Suddenly it was sitting unused: a quad-core i7 with 16 GB of RAM and a built-in battery, free for the taking. Rather than buy a mini PC, I put it to work.</p>